Man Applied for 400 Jobs and Still Can't Get Work | This Morning

23-year-old Jake Hope is still on the job hunt after 400 unsuccessful applications in the last two years. We’ve been told that unemployment in the UK is the lowest it's been for over 40 years - and so you'd think that young and able people should easily find plenty of work. So what’s gone wrong? And can we help him? He joins us from his home in Bristol.
Broadcast on: 23/05/19

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[harmoneyreilly]

Its harder than ever to get a job even in 2023 don't listen to what the government and news says .its really hard

[HassanKhan-fnwx]

I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I HAVE BROKEN HIS RECORD AS I HAVE APPLIED TO OVER 600 JOBS AND STILL DON’T HAVE A JOB. I have changed CVs I have improved everything but still no luck. it started from late 2022 and still up to this day (03/04/2023) I don’t have a job

[dwaynediah]

I'm in the same boat as well this leaves me feeding frustrated and depressed

[Ganjelf]

I got turned down and wasn’t aloud to attend the interview at McDonald’s before because of the shoes I was wearing (which were all black Nike shoes), and the worst thing is the woman who told me they won’t interview me had a set of gold teeth on both rows of teeth but somehow my shoes aren’t acceptable lol

[BobbyMack]

This is why I'm never leaving my job. It was so hard to find one.

[roodyg]

I don’t even know if jobs exist anymore.

[ericyoutube]

Questions in job interviews are so pathetic and useless

[desertsoldier]

The fact that we need "Career Coaches" tells me that the hiring process has been taken over by self aggrandizing academics in HR.

[Fillup]

Skip to 2024 and this has gotten far worse.

[SillyEngineer]

I am at around 200 atm in the IT industry where my qualification is, recent one was met with "sorry this program will be only for women applicants to increase women in IT jobs", UK what happened to no discrimination.

[DaDez]

The way young Boomers had their interview:

"You can start on Monday".

The same people, in their 50s/60s, when interviewing Millenials and Gen Z today:

"We're looking for someone multi skilled and vastly experienced for this entry level job position.... we wish you good luck in your search!"

[virusocyrus]

I have been job hunting for almost 4 years...i cant reach anywhere outside my town either because of my jeep breaking down from the lack of money. Im willing to work hard, no criminal record, no drugs, and only 2 months of retail experience...i might just give up on life soon because i cant take this stress anymore..(p.s. i feel tje guy giving an offer to that guy is bs)

[NessNan]

Every day I search for work and an agency also searches for me. The amount of rejections I get even with all my experience…. I feel very hopeless in this world. I have $4 to my bank account. Just is what it is, I guess. It’s tough out there. I went to a seasonal Toys R Us hiring event and there was 5 line ups that went out the door. 1000’s of people looking for work and my resume probably doesn’t even get read.

[ericyoutube]

the grey hair guy hit the nail. I always get rejected in emails or I go to an interview and then get rejected but they dont tel me why

[markkennedy]

Ravi sounding like a walking LinkedIn profile.

[Domain_Man]

Only 400 applications? when I made my last career move, I must have applied for over 1000 jobs. I mean let's face it, it's about over-population, scared managers frightened of losing their jobs, companies going bust, ageism/over qualification and deselection prejudice. So we have a 23 year boy that's done nothing career-wise yet, who's been selected media-wise because it's 'cool' and represents the young up and coming generation, but apart from that, why is this news, when this old, old unemployment stuff is as old as dirt.

[hw]

I've got a 2:1 in economics from a top 10 russell group uni and ive been unemployed for the last 3 years...

I can hand on heart tell you I've applied for over 2, 000 jobs in the last 3 years and had 3 interviews...

One from poundland, one from a warehouse job and one from amazon...

I got rejected from all 3, what am I doing wrong?

[Plainandsimple]

It's not what you know, it's who you know

[MrHorserider]

Remember government making immigration laws tougher so they have to be better skilled/be applying for higher paid jobs. That’s where the jobs are going. Seems to rise want British people working the low paid jobs and foreigners working the high paid jobs.

[SkinnyEMedia]

I know this man's pain! This is tragic at best. Happening to both the lower-skilled and even those with plenty of expensive qualifications.